Researcher - HC619730
Job Title: Researcher - HC619730
Location: Mottisfont Court, Winchester. Hybrid working available after initial training period
Salary: Scale 5, £29,109 - £31,296 per annum plus £1250 pa market supplement (subject to review)
Hours: 37 hours per week, Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 23:59 hours
As a Researcher you will be supporting the challenges facing Hampshire and IOW for our purpose making ‘You, Your Family, and Our Communities Safer’. Policing challenges are constant and ever evolving and Hampshire continue to strengthen the trust of all our communities through our delivery of fair, thorough, transparent and ethical policing.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary are recruiting for a researcher within our Corporate Analysis team. You will work on both quantitative and qualitative research and policing topics. You will be involved in a range of work across all areas of policing from crime affecting Hampshire’s streets, insights into our organisation, understanding how we Police our communities ethically and effectively as well as demand on our resources. It is about researching, identifying, collecting, assessing and interpreting a range of information sources, to deliver valuable and influential research to tackle threat, risk and harm.
Flexibility and creativity in your thinking are key, as is a keen interest in data and taking ownership to develop and learn a variety of new topics. You will be part of a multi-facetted team, you will need good collaboration and negotiation skills, plus a talent for communicating clearly and concisely.
Salary and Benefits
We know that it is not all about the money and it’s making a difference that motivates our colleagues the most. We never want to lose sight of that, but we also know that when people are starting out on a new career, or moving to a new area of the country, it can be difficult. That’s why we offer a competitive salary with 24 days leave pro rata, increasing with length of service. We operate a hybrid-working model, mean you’ll work from home and the office. Additionally, Hampshire Constabulary has a good Employee Wellbeing service and caring for our employees is important. We offer a variety of services including, membership to Sports and Social Clubs, access to Employee Support including physiotherapy and counselling if needed and staff can sign up to Unison. Some of these services are subsidised and paid by the employee.
Positive Action
Diversity is something we welcome and want to actively increase to be representative of the diverse communities we serve. To ensure every potential candidate has an equal opportunity of fairness, we offer support and guidance from the start. Whether you are just thinking about a role within Hampshire Constabulary or have already applied, the Positive Action Team are here to assist you.
For more information, please email: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
Your role will be critical in helping Hampshire Constabulary with their purpose of making "You, Your Family and Our Communities Safer." To identify, gather, evaluate and disseminate information to support problem solving on some of the challenges the Forces faces.
Key Accountabilities include but are not limited to;
1. Collaborate with customers to identify and assist problem solving, identify appropriate and relevant data sources for the task at hand.
2. Research, collate, evaluate and disseminate information from a wide range of open and closed information sources in relation to problems, patterns, trends and series to support analysis.
3. Produce, evaluate and take responsibility for creating accurate, high quality and easy to use reports and contribute to products produced by analysts.
4. Liaise with and work in partnership with other organisations, to gather and research information
5. Maintain knowledge of the current products and Force priorities.
6. Prepare data, charts, maps etc. to support investigations and operations (for example, major Force events) as required.
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Educated to Educated to QCF Level 2 (5 passes to include English language and Maths) OR work experience deemed to have brought the postholder to a comparable level.
• Experience of researching and collating data
• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to produce accurate and timely reports
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of research processes and techniques
• Ability to use own initiative and possessing good time management skills
• Proven experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
We are Emotionally Aware Level 1
We Take Ownership Level 1
We are collaborative Level 1
We Deliver, Support and Inspire Level 1
We Analyse Critically Level 1
Please contact the Recruitment Team at police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk or on 02380451611
Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.